This is certainly not overly surprising. Trying to get money for development aid is hard enough, getting money together bring comps to rural towns is low on the priority scale when food, shelter and disease are also at issue.
A public utility will have to be centrally regulated. Any such regulation, will also have to regulate things that are not in the public interest, because the public utility is for the benefit of the public. If this were to happen, how are we going do to decide what is in the public interest? We have a real hard time even with the sample of people that is slashdot deciding what is in the public interest.
We could find that many things we enjoy about the internet (its anonymity, its freedom, its ability to share information) might become regulated for the public interest. We have all heard this argument before and what is happening in
Australia is a perfect
example
This may sound like a paranoid rant, but I think its is something people should consider, before we make this kind of decision. Many bad ideas in the world started out as good ideas....
that because the release is set for summer 2003 that they must be adding stuff to it and polishing it.
I doubt that it would be very hard to port from the XBox to PC (there will be some driver issues, but nothing that should take too long). I mean its essentially PC hardware isn't it.
So if they are waiting that long it will be to add stuff to it, or to keep Xbox sales going as long as is possible and try to urge some PC gamers into buying a XBox...
won't fall by the wayside. It will take artists
and musicians to make internet radio, and
downloadable music something that we can all enjoy for a long time to come. We can huff and puff all we want, but they are ones who have to lead the charge for anything to change for the better.
This really just illustrates a point... if he couldn't find it, then the 'manual' wasn't
clear enough on how to go about doing 'simple things'
Which in my mind is biggest difficulty with linux.
"Linux comes with a wealth of applications and toys that could keep the user busy for years without ever downloading or purchasing any additional software. Let's make this obvious!"
I think that something needs to be done make the learning curve of linux easier. Having just started on linux myself in the past 6 months, I found the initial goings tricky, just doing things like:
using vi, emacs, then pico and subsequently confusing them all...
how the file tree is laid out. What the conventions are, where do I find things, and where do I put new things?
I found that there existed a lot application like the poster mentions, that I couldn't find elsewhere. Sure I can by O'Reilly's latest Linux in a nut-case, but it would be great if it was easier to get the information you need right from your install. (I know there are the man pages, but the man pages can be very criptic sometimes, even for me a seasoned programmer). Even a built-in tutorial, taking you through the basic stuff on your first install would be fantastic. And the only thing that would happen is that people would use linux more.
I know my parents won't use anything but windows/mac because they are daunted by the linux learning curve and its reputation as 'geek-ware'. Its not that are against the open-source community or what linux has done, it is just that they don't think that they are 'geeky' enough to learn what they need in order to run it.
The RedHat and Mandrake crews are starting to make this less the case, but if we have a long way to go. If we are serious about putting linux on the desktop as a serious contender to the M$ offers we will need to shed the geek reputation of linux, by making it easy for everyone to use it.
I wonder how the Sony Music People (the music label and copyright holders) feel about this?
It seems to me that after all they and other labels have been trying to accomplish (and doing fairly well --I might add)this could cause some problems.
I suppose they are 'separate' but I can't see how on one hand they can argue for no copying, than go ahead and copy on the other hand.
Prevention is another way to help secure a network, rather than simply detection.
CycSecure from Cycorp
the makers of OpenCyc, the AI reasoning system, helps prevent attacks by using an AI engine to simulate attacks on your network to identify problems. It's worth looking into.
I drink beer quite regularily and do care about 'domain name dispute protocols'. I am sure that they are many out there who do as well (even though you refer to these issues as 'such crap').
The real reason this won't give bad publicity to Molson is that people like you, call people who don't know about it 'stupid', rather than instructing them about the issue.
Ignorance is not the same as stupidity.
Confusing the two is.
Not to mention that saying beer drinkers are umabigiously stupid is such an example of fallicious logic that it is not even worth anyone's breath to correct you.
I think that he has made some good points about the value of UnitedLinux. It's nice having all the choice when selecting your distro, but for software companies writing for linux systems has to make sure that they can run on all distros is certainly an expensive undertaking.
And I think that pushing embedded linux is also an excellent point. It is a marked that linux can take over (unlike the current desktop).
I was disapointed he didn't talk to much about linux on the desktop, and what his views are about where/how to proceed. Anyone know of other interviews of his where he mentioned them?
The most worrying sentence in the article!
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"almost our entire output as a society is entrusted to one of several Microsoft operating systems"
My God, he is right. The Dark Ages is upon us and the
the Dark Lord has risen. Only the gallant heroes from the far off land of *NIX and can unleash RAID upon RAID and regain hope for humanity....
I just realized that this might be a good time ask if
there is anyone putting together an open-source tax software package.
If one was properly designed, to be modular, it could be used world wide provided your locale's tax rule module was written. I would love to access to a high quality bit of tax software*...
* DISCLAIMER:
Admittedly, it would have to carry lots of disclaimers about using it at your own risk and what not, but it is just an idea...
If we keep pushing the hardware requirements of our systems up, I would hate to have to see what the power bill of my first game of next latest/greatest FPS will be.
If booting my system ever causes my block's lights to dim, I think we may have a problem...
I can just see now....
"Check out this, its the new GeForce 10X,
it comes with its own tiny nuclear power plant.
Have to watch out for melt down, but its lead lined
in case it blows... "
'Silicon, once thought be simply the main material in the construction of microchips, has been discovered to be one of the 11 secret spices in Kentucky Fried Chicken.'
'KFC recent press release states that "Every piece of delicious KFC, has essential minerals."'
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This is certainly not overly surprising.
Trying to get money for development aid is hard enough, getting money together bring comps to rural towns is low on the priority scale when food, shelter and disease are also at issue.
Doesn't mean we can't keep trying though....
Well said.
It is not very often that people even think of "working together for the greater community" as you have put it, and this is too bad.
"Why is the bravery required? Are you suggesting its hard to install Linux? Are you suggesting its hard to use Linux?
Its neither hard to use Linux or install it. What's hard is teaching Walmart Managers to do it.
A public utility will have to be centrally regulated.
Any such regulation, will also have to regulate things that are not in the public interest, because the public utility is for the benefit of the public.
If this were to happen, how are we going do to decide what is in the public interest? We have a real hard time even with the sample of people that is slashdot deciding what is in the public interest. We could find that many things we enjoy about the internet (its anonymity, its freedom, its ability to share information) might become regulated for the public interest. We have all heard this argument before and what is happening in Australia is a perfect example
This may sound like a paranoid rant, but I think its is something people should consider, before we make this kind of decision. Many bad ideas in the world started out as good ideas....
I would have to disagree....
gaming peaked with Space Invaders, that was the lounge table. You know where could sit down, and the screen was in the table...man that was sweet
that because the release is set for summer 2003 that they must be adding stuff to it and polishing it.
I doubt that it would be very hard to port from the XBox to PC (there will be some driver issues, but nothing that should take too long). I mean its essentially PC hardware isn't it.
So if they are waiting that long it will be to add stuff to it, or to keep Xbox sales going as long as is possible and try to urge some PC gamers into buying a XBox...
I am currently using: live365.
There tons of differents genres to listen too.
heh.
real wishful thinking would be: CRAP-Free RIAA Music Labels
won't fall by the wayside. It will take artists and musicians to make internet radio, and downloadable music something that we can all enjoy for a long time to come. We can huff and puff all we want, but they are ones who have to lead the charge for anything to change for the better.
This really just illustrates a point...
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if he couldn't find it, then the 'manual' wasn't clear enough on how to go about doing 'simple things' Which in my mind is biggest difficulty with linux.
just my
I think that something needs to be done make the learning curve of linux easier. Having just started on linux myself in the past 6 months, I found the initial goings tricky, just doing things like:
I found that there existed a lot application like the poster mentions, that I couldn't find elsewhere. Sure I can by O'Reilly's latest Linux in a nut-case, but it would be great if it was easier to get the information you need right from your install. (I know there are the man pages, but the man pages can be very criptic sometimes, even for me a seasoned programmer). Even a built-in tutorial, taking you through the basic stuff on your first install would be fantastic. And the only thing that would happen is that people would use linux more.
I know my parents won't use anything but windows/mac because they are daunted by the linux learning curve and its reputation as 'geek-ware'. Its not that are against the open-source community or what linux has done, it is just that they don't think that they are 'geeky' enough to learn what they need in order to run it.
The RedHat and Mandrake crews are starting to make this less the case, but if we have a long way to go. If we are serious about putting linux on the desktop as a serious contender to the M$ offers we will need to shed the geek reputation of linux, by making it easy for everyone to use it.
I wonder how the Sony Music People (the music label and copyright holders) feel about this?
It seems to me that after all they and other labels have been trying to accomplish (and doing fairly well --I might add)this could cause some problems. I suppose they are 'separate' but I can't see how on one hand they can argue for no copying, than go ahead and copy on the other hand.
Prevention is another way to help secure a network, rather than simply detection.
CycSecure from Cycorp the makers of OpenCyc, the AI reasoning system, helps prevent attacks by using an AI engine to simulate attacks on your network to identify problems.
It's worth looking into.
I drink beer quite regularily and do care about 'domain name dispute protocols'. I am sure that they are many out there who do as well (even though you refer to these issues as 'such crap'). The real reason this won't give bad publicity to Molson is that people like you, call people who don't know about it 'stupid', rather than instructing them about the issue.
Ignorance is not the same as stupidity. Confusing the two is.
Not to mention that saying beer drinkers are umabigiously stupid is such an example of fallicious logic that it is not even worth anyone's breath to correct you.
'That's like hammering nails into your cock and then shoving it into a power outlet. (using Lunix then AOL)'
So that's like jump-starting my system right?
I think that he has made some good points about the value of UnitedLinux. It's nice having all the choice when selecting your distro, but for software companies writing for linux systems has to make sure that they can run on all distros is certainly an expensive undertaking.
And I think that pushing embedded linux is also an excellent point. It is a marked that linux can take over (unlike the current desktop).
I was disapointed he didn't talk to much about linux on the desktop, and what his views are about where/how to proceed. Anyone know of other interviews of his where he mentioned them?
"almost our entire output as a society is entrusted to one of several Microsoft operating systems"
My God, he is right. The Dark Ages is upon us and the the Dark Lord has risen. Only the gallant heroes from the far off land of *NIX and can unleash RAID upon RAID and regain hope for humanity....
that if this goes through it will only encourage people away from standards. This is last thing we as a community want.
IE will become the actual standard, rather than the percieved. Not a nice sunny day in the www.
I just realized that this might be a good time ask if there is anyone putting together an open-source tax software package.
If one was properly designed, to be modular, it could be used world wide provided your locale's tax rule module was written. I would love to access to a high quality bit of tax software*...
* DISCLAIMER: Admittedly, it would have to carry lots of disclaimers about using it at your own risk and what not, but it is just an idea...
I also had problems running NWN when I got it. It had to with OpenGl drivers supported by microsoft no less.
I have had my card for nearly 2 yrs now and you think that I wouldn't have to fiddle with it, but no go...
That said I love the game:)
this is a good point...
If we keep pushing the hardware requirements of our systems up, I would hate to have to see what the power bill of my first game of next latest/greatest FPS will be.
If booting my system ever causes my block's lights to dim, I think we may have a problem...
I can just see now....
"Check out this, its the new GeForce 10X, it comes with its own tiny nuclear power plant. Have to watch out for melt down, but its lead lined in case it blows... "
I would be interested to now how this architecture would work.
...
Would the piplines be split between each processor? or do they share the entire pipeline architecture?
Or do they have differently pipelines for each GPU?
All this questions....
'Silicon, once thought be simply the main material in the construction of microchips, has been discovered to be one of the 11 secret spices in Kentucky Fried Chicken.'
'KFC recent press release states that "Every piece of delicious KFC, has essential minerals."'
oh please may the cluck cluck jokes never end....
A Software Engineer, a Project Manager, and System Engineer walk into a bar.....